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The Writing Mama Show with Guest Author Scott Driscoll

You can find The Writing Mama show Mondays here on the World of Ink Network; along with host Virginia S Grenier where she talks with debut to award-winning authors about their books and the writing life.

This week's guest is debut author Scott Driscoll, an award-winning writing instructor at UW, Continuing and Professional Education. Driscoll took several years to finish Better You Go Home (October 2013, Coffeetown Press), a novel that grew out of the exploration of the Czech side of his family in the 1990s after Eastern Europe was liberated.

Driscoll keeps busy freelancing stories to airline magazines.
 
You can learn more about Scott Driscoll, his novel and the World of Ink Network at http://worldofinknetwork.com

Listen to the podcast at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork/2013/11/04/the-writing-mama-show-with-guest-author-scott-driscoll

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